Margaret Qualley visits The Criterion Closet.

Movies she picked:

>!Beau travail (1999)!<

>!To Die For (1995)!<

>!Punch-Drunk Love (2002)!<

>!All About Eve (1950)!<

>!All The Jazz (1979)!<

>!Thelma & Louise (1991)!<

To Die For is such a fantastic film; Nicole Kidman gives a most brilliant performance. I feel like a lot of her 90s work is over-shadowed by Tom Cruise – I know I, sadly, really mainly knew her as his wife at the time and was familiar with the films they did together (Days of Thunder, Far and Away, Eyes Wide Shut). I was also a kid, so barely a budding cinephile and not clued into her individual work. I regret this!! But when I saw To Die For on TV a few years after it was released, I was completely blown away. Highly recommend to anyone who hasn’t seen it!

It is always interesting to see the picks of nepo babies. Some pick stuff their family has been and others don’t. (I don’t remember offhand if any of Andie McDowell’s movies are in there.)